On 07/09/2024 09:06 AM, Sirius wrote:
On tis, 2024/07/09 at 07:55:28 GMT, Richard Owlett wrote:
My particular problem is finding an active user oriented list/group for
KDE's Kate editor. All I found is a developers' list.
I was going to suggest comp.editors, but then I recognised your name. :-D
In general, how does one find a suitable mailing list or USENET group?
Others must have the same general problem.
In general, I leverage presearch or duckduckgo to find something,
anything, pertinent relating to what I am researching. If I find a good
resource, I bookmark it so that I have it to hand.
Usenet is rather quiet these days, something I hope will change once
people tire of web-forums that is more preoccupied with showing you ads
than they are solving your problem. Also, Usenet is older, so Kate is
perhaps too modern for there to be a dedicated usenet group for it. You
could check in one of the news.* groups if there is any objection to
creating a comp.editors.kate group. The tricky part is that every usenet
server out there needs to be told there is a new group and then take
action to start carrying it. It could take weeks, or months, before a new
group have proper reach.
Mailing lists, well.. You could ask Debian Project nicely if they would
create a list for the audience you seek if there isn't one already. Or
check with the KDE project if they have a dedicated list for Kate and if
not, would they be happy to create one?
Personally, I am happy that you at least considered Usenet as a route to
potentially receive help. Not many these days would have. If the group
gets created, I will carry it on my little server.
USENET is the first place I go. I'm so old that I used an acoustic
coupler when connecting to a RBBS with my CPM system ;}
